Hyoscyamus senecionis bipinnatisectus

(Hyoscyamus senecionis bipinnatisectus)

Description

Hyoscyamus known as the henbanes is a small genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. It comprises 11 species, all of which are toxic. It, along with other genera in the same family, is a source of the drug hyoscyamine (daturine).

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Solanales
Family:Solanaceae
Genus:Hyoscyamus
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